At least 13 killed, dozens missing after typhoon lashes Vietnam

Women walk past uprooted trees in central Vietnam's Quang Ngai province on Oct 28, 2020, in the aftermath of Typhoon Molave. - AFP

HANOI (Reuters): Vietnam deployed hundreds of soldiers and heavy machinery on Thursday (Oct 29) to search for survivors after landslides triggered by torrential rains from Typhoon Molave, one of the strongest typhoons in the region in decades, the government said.

The landslides, which hit remote areas in the central province of Quang Nam a day earlier, killed 13 with 40 missing as rescue efforts were hampered by bad weather at the tail end of the storm, the government said.